It’s been about a month and a half since I shared a tea experience, so here’s a quick one: Gunpowder green tea from Persimmon Tree Tea.
I have to admit, the biggest draw for trying this tea was the name. It’s not often I run across teas with tough-sounding names,… Read the rest...
Category: Tea
I’ve been writing a lot about tea lately, I know. I had intended to space tea reviews out farther, but I had a week where I tried a lot of different teas for the first time, so I ended up with a big backlog of things to review! I’ll talk… Read the rest...
I’d heard so many good things about green tea. And yet, the only time I’d ever tasted it, it was bitter, biting and completely unpleasant. I don’t remember who made that cup of tea, but obviously, they did it wrong.
This green pomegranate tea from Persimmon Tree Tea was not… Read the rest...
I never understood what was so great about Earl Grey tea. A lot of my friends sang its praises, but I was unimpressed with the flavor. But I needed one more tea to finish out my 5-flavor sampler pack, so Earl Grey it was.Two words.
New favorite.
The packet confused… Read the rest...
When I went to buy my first ounce of “real” tea, I went to Teavana because it was close and convenient and I could drink it that day, no waiting for shipping. One of the things the salesperson pushed was German rock sugar. No thanks, sales lady, I just want… Read the rest...
Did you know that over ninety percent of teas purchased in the western part of the world are black teas?Green tea has seen a bit of a rise in the past decade or so, as people become more aware of its excellent health benefits. But black tea remains the traditional… Read the rest...
I wasn’t planning to write about tea today, but I’ve done a terrible thing and let my post queue run dry. I normally have at least several posts written and ready to go, but the past few weeks have been so busy. In the past week, I finished editing the… Read the rest...